Tag: training
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Betting (and Losing) the Farm on Traditional Cybersecurity
Standard SecOps training is no longer enough to tackle modern cybersecurity challenges. People need to develop non-traditional skills. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/betting-losing-farm-traditional-cybersecurity
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INE Secures Spot Top 50 Education Software Rankings 2025 in G2’s
INE, the leading provider of networking and cybersecurity training and certifications, today announced its recognition as an enterprise and small business leader in online course providers and cybersecurity professional development, along with its designation as the recipient of G2’s 2025 Best Software Awards for Education Products. This category of awards ranks the world’s top 50…
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Strategic? Functional? Tactical? Which type of CISO are you?
Tags: breach, business, ceo, cisco, ciso, cloud, compliance, cybersecurity, finance, governance, group, guide, healthcare, infrastructure, jobs, risk, service, skills, startup, strategy, technology, trainingTransformational, as in program-builders or turnaround agents.Operational, often early-career CISOs who are closer to the technology and work at small-to-midsize companies where they still perform some technical duties.Compliance, that is, risk experts typically found in highly regulated industries.Steady-state CISOs, who, in opposition to the transformational type, keep everything on an even keel.Customer-facing CISOs, usually found…
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News alert: INE Security’s focus on practical security training enhances career stability in tech
Cary, NC, Feb. 19, 2025, CyberNewswire, 2025 marks a time of unprecedented volatility in the technology job market. On one hand, dependence on technology is soaring. The growth of AI and machine learning is propelling a surge in new… (more”¦) First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/02/news-alert-ine-securitys-focus-on-practical-security-training-enhances-career-stability-in-tech/
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INE Security’s Cybersecurity and IT Training Enhances Career Stability in Tech
Cary, North Carolina, 19th February 2025, CyberNewsWire First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/ine-securitys-cybersecurity-and-it-training-enhances-career-stability-in-tech/
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How Slashing the SAT Budget Is Appreciated By Hackers
The Growing Need for Cybersecurity Awareness Training (SAT) In today’s rapidly evolving cyber threat landscape, organizations are increasingly recognizing the critical importance of Cyber Security Awareness Training (SAT) as a fundamental defense strategy. Regulatory changes like NIS2 and DORA further emphasize this need for robust cybersecurity initiatives. However, despite this acknowledgment, many organizations are still……
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CISO success story: How LA County trains (and retrains) workers to fight phishing
Tags: ai, awareness, breach, business, chatgpt, cio, ciso, cloud, compliance, computing, control, corporate, cybersecurity, data, dos, election, email, endpoint, government, hacker, healthcare, incident response, jobs, law, lessons-learned, malicious, marketplace, network, phishing, privacy, regulation, risk, risk-management, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, tactics, technology, threat, tool, training, vulnerability(The following interview has been edited for clarity and length.)At first glance, LA County’s reporting structure who reports to whom seems, well, fairly complex.We have a federated model: I report to the county CIO. Each department acts as an independent business and has its own department CIO and information security officer. Their job is to…
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National Apprenticeship Week: Alternative Routes into Cyber
As National Apprenticeship Week shines a spotlight on career development opportunities, it’s important to acknowledge that traditional apprenticeships aren’t the only route into the cybersecurity industry. With cyber threats growing exponentially, the demand for skilled professionals has never been higher. Fortunately, alternative training programs, such as academies, internships, and specialised upskilling initiatives, are providing essential…
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Getting the Most Value out of the OSCP: Pre-Course Prep
Tags: access, antivirus, attack, compliance, control, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, detection, exploit, finance, framework, guide, hacker, hacking, infosec, infrastructure, jobs, kali, linux, mandiant, metric, microsoft, mitre, network, organized, password, penetration-testing, PurpleTeam, RedTeam, risk, service, skills, software, tactics, technology, tool, training, vulnerability, windowsThe first post in a five-part practical guide series on maximizing the professional, educational, and financial value of the OffSec certification pursuit for a successful career in offensive cybersecurity consulting Disclaimer: All opinions expressed in this article are solely my own. I have reviewed the content to ensure compliance with OffSec’s copyright policies and agreements.…
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Beyond the paycheck: What cybersecurity professionals really want
Tags: business, ceo, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, data, india, jobs, regulation, risk, risk-management, service, skills, strategy, trainingInvest in skills and allow room for growth: Upskilling also remains a powerful retention tool. As Huber points out, Tenable invests in training entire teams on emerging technologies and capabilities, ensuring that employees feel equipped and valued.Similarly, KPMG has implemented targeted programs to support diversity and career progression within cybersecurity. The firm’s Cyber Women Leads…
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WTF? Why the cybersecurity sector is overrun with acronyms
, a global online news organization. Let’s put it this way: Many academics, regardless of their area of expertise, have never met an acronym they didn’t prefer to typing out the entire phrase. That means our copyediting efforts too often involve spelling out or removing acronyms throughout, much to the chagrin of some of our…
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Datenleck durch GenAI-Nutzung
Tags: ai, chatgpt, ciso, compliance, data-breach, gartner, LLM, risk, strategy, tool, training, vulnerabilityViele Mitarbeiter teilen sensible Unternehmensdaten, wenn sie generative KI-Apps anwenden.Laut einem aktuellen Bericht über Gen-AI-Datenlecks von Harmonic enthielten 8,5 Prozent der Mitarbeiteranfragen an beliebte LLMs sensible Daten, was zu Sicherheits-, Compliance-, Datenschutz- und rechtlichen Bedenken führte.Der Security-Spezialist hat im vierten Quartal 2024 Zehntausende von Eingabeaufforderungen an ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Claude und Perplexity analysiert. Dabei stellte…
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British military drops basic training to fast track recruitment of ‘cyber warriors’
The British government is dropping the traditional fitness and weapons training for specialist cyber military recruits in order to address a cyber skills shortage within His Majesty’s Armed Forces, including in its arm for offensive operations in the National Cyber Force. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/british-military-drops-basic-training-to-fast-track-cyber-recruits
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Fortifying cyber security: What does secure look like in 2025?
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, business, compliance, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, deep-fake, exploit, finance, Hardware, intelligence, least-privilege, malware, mfa, nis-2, phishing, regulation, resilience, risk, risk-management, scam, software, threat, training, update, vulnerability, zero-trustThe evolving cybersecurity landscape has increased security pressures for IT leaders. With the World Economic Forum estimating, the global cost of cybercrime is projected to reach $10.5trillion annually in 2025, the situation is only escalating[1]. The rise of new technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), and the complexities introduced by flexible working have made IT…
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CISOs: Stop trying to do the lawyer’s job
Tags: breach, business, ciso, compliance, cybersecurity, data, email, finance, group, guide, incident response, international, jobs, law, privacy, RedTeam, risk, risk-management, security-incident, service, skills, strategy, technology, training, updateThere’s a joke that’s been floating around boardrooms for years: “What’s the difference between lawyers and engineers? Lawyers don’t think they’re engineers.”This light-hearted jab highlights a fundamental difference between the two professions. Engineers, and by extension CISOs, focus on building and fixing things, learning a wide array of skills, sometimes sticking their hands into technologies…
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Worker distraction is on the rise. Digital employee experience (DEX) platforms can help
With the dramatic increase in remote work in the last few years, many of us are actually working longer hours, ricocheting between communication platforms, learning new systems on the fly, and struggling to fix our own tech issues.It’s all adding up to a new kind of burnoutIt’s also focusing renewed attention on the digital employee experience…
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CIOs and CISOs grapple with DORA: Key challenges, compliance complexities
Tags: access, automation, banking, business, cio, ciso, communications, compliance, control, country, cyber, cybersecurity, data, dora, finance, framework, GDPR, governance, jobs, law, monitoring, network, nis-2, penetration-testing, privacy, regulation, resilience, risk, risk-management, service, skills, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, training, vulnerabilityIn force since January, the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) has required considerable effort from CIOs and CISOs at 20 types of financial entities to achieve compliance. For many, the journey is not complete.”In the past months, financial entities targeted by DORA have been busy internally defining roles and responsibilities related to ICT security, identifying…
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Building a Culture of Security: Employee Awareness and Training Strategies
Establishing a culture of security, where every employee actively contributes to protecting information, is key to building a strong shield against evolving cyber risks. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/02/building-a-culture-of-security-employee-awareness-and-training-strategies/
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Cyber security training for executives: Why and how to build it
Building effective cyber security training for executives is no longer just an option”, it’s a business necessity. In today’s rapid information sharing world, executive cyber awareness is First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/02/cyber-security-training-for-executives-why-and-how-to-build-it/
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21% of CISOs pressured to not report compliance issues
Tags: awareness, breach, business, ceo, ciso, compliance, control, corporate, cybersecurity, data, dora, finance, framework, governance, incident response, infrastructure, insurance, law, nis-2, regulation, resilience, risk, security-incident, trainingCISOs are increasingly getting caught between business pressures and regulatory obligations, leaving them struggling to balance corporate loyalty and legal accountability.To wit: One in five (21%) security leaders have been pressured by other executives or board members not to report compliance issues at their companies, according to a recent study by security vendor Splunk.The same…
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Mental Malware: Overcoming Self-Doubt That Holds You Back
Mitigate Career Risk With a Self-Audit, Targeted Training and Real-World Testing Changing jobs or going after that promotion can be difficult, even in a field like cybersecurity where the demand for skilled professionals is high. Often, the biggest career challenge is not that advanced persistent threat or the zero-day vulnerability. It’s what we call mental…
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Riot Security raises $30M to expand cyber training platform
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/riot-security-raises-30m-to-expand-cyber-training-platform
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MSSP Market Update: Riot Security Raises $30M for Cybersecurity Training
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/mssp-market-update
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Cybersecurity Training for Executives: What Business Leaders Need to Know
In an era marked by high-profile cyber breaches, ransomware attacks, and violence committed against high-profile enterprise employees, the imperative for focused cybersecurity training for executives has escalated dramatically. For CISOs and enterprise cybersecurity specialists, crafting a tailored cybersecurity training program for your organization’s executives is not just a precaution”, it is a strategic imperative. Here’s…
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Using the NIST Phish Scale Framework to Detect and Fight Phishing Attacks
The NIST Phish Scale framework offers a structured and effective approach to improving phishing awareness training in organizations. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/02/using-the-nist-phish-scale-framework-to-detect-and-fight-phishing-attacks/
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39% of IT leaders fear major incident due to excessive workloads
Enterprise security operations teams find themselves stretched thin and contending with an escalating cyber threat landscape today. Many are understaffed and underfunded, leaving CISOs on edge about the consequences for the enterprise, and their careers.A recent survey from Adaptavist about fallout from last summer’s CrowdStrike outage found that two out of five (39%) IT leaders…
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Integrating onboarding and security awareness training for employees
Onboarding new employees into an organization is an exciting time, but it also presents security challenges. Ensuring that new hires understand cybersecurity risks from day one First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/01/integrating-onboarding-and-security-awareness-training-for-employees/